Guard-rail fastener.



PATENTED NOV. 22, 1904.

D. F. VAUGHAN. GUARD RAIL FASTENER.

A'PPLIOATION FILED AUG. 20, 1904.

NO MODEL.

A TTORNEY.

, guard-rail fastener as in use.

ilNrrEn STATES Patented November 22, 1904.

ATENT rricn.

- GUARD-RAIL FASTENER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.775,738, da ed November 22, 1904.

Application filed August 20, 1904. Serial No. 221,473. [No model.) i

To all whom, it Wuty concern.-

doniield, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Guard-Rail Fasteners, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, of which Figure l is a plan view of myimproved Fig. 2 is a section on line so 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan ofi the fastener-plate detached. Fig. 4 is a plan of the brace detached.

This invention relates more particularly to the type of guard-railfasteners shown and de.

scribed in Letters Patent of the United States No. 56 L350, granted tome July 21, 1896; and the object of the present invention is to renderthe construction and operation of such fastener more perfect.

The precise nature of the improvement will clearly appear from thefollowing description, in connection with the drawings, in which thesame reference-letters are used to denote the same parts as are used inmy said patent.

C is the fastener-plate, upon which rests when the device is in use themain rail A and the guard-rail B, said plate and rails being secured tothe tie by means of spikes c, c, and f h is a brace-lug (hereinaftertermed the brace) which is fastened to the plate C by means of rivets g,and its inner side is adapted to fit and abut against the side of thehead, the web, and the foot of the guard-rail, as shown.

In carrying out my improvement I provide the plate C with openings 0'and the brace /b with lateral base extensions 7b and forwardlyprojectinglugs k on its lower side. In securing the brace to the plate 0 the lugs76 are passed into the openings 0, and when the brace is applied to theguard-rail B the lower forward ends of said lugs if extend under thefoot of the rail, and the extensions 7L will rest upon the top of saidfoot, and spikes e are driven through openings if in the brace andspikes bearing upon the top of the extensions I it, as seen in Fig. 2.

While I prefer to make the outer wall of the opening F for the spike einclined and stepped, as shown in my said patent, such construction isnot essential.

It will be seen that as the foot of the rail extends between theprojecting end of the lugs [b and the end portion of the brace the railB will be held against tilting outwardly when stress is exerted in thatdirection against the side of the rail by the wheels of a train of cars.Preferably the length of the lugs If is the same or a little less thanthat of the openings c in the plate, and thus the ends of the lugsabutting against the end wall of said openings serve to distribute thestrain upon the spikes holding the fastener to the tie.

I remark that the side extensions 72 of the brace may sometimes bedispensed with. In such case the heads of the spikes a would restdirectly upon the foot of the guard-rail. I further remark that I wouldsometimes provide the plate C with the slot for the passage of the spike71: for the main rail A, as in my aforementioned patent.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The guard-rail fastener comprising the plate uponwhich the guard and main rails are adapted to rest, and the bracesecured to said-plate,

and whose inner end is adapted to fit against the side of the head, web,and upper side of the foot of the guard-rail, and having the forwardly-extending lugs entered in slots in said plate, and adapted tounderlie the foot of the rail, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

Intestimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature this 18th dayof August, A. D. 1904:.

DAVID F. VAUGHAN.

